Midori (which means green in Japanese) was the code name for a managed code operating system (OS) being jointly developed by Microsoft and Microsoft Research.

Midori 的意义在于证明了在 memory、type、concurrency safe 基础之上构建系统和应用是可行的，性能和安全并不是对立的。 Midori 很难用成功或者失败来评价。 Midori 的很多思考和实践在其他一些项目中得到了体现：

Midori是微软研发部门此前设计的Singularity操作系统的一个分支，该系统将直接运行在现有的硬件上，包括x86、x64和ARM。 有报道显示，微软技术策略高级副总裁埃里克-卢德（Eric Rudder）正领导该系统的开发。

2015年11月10日 · Microsoft was assembling a team of crack engineer s to build a new operating system that wasn't based on the Windows kernel. The Midori team was charged with building not just the OS from...

Joe Duffy 称， Midori OS 项目的三个主要重点是云、并发性和安全性，以及与 Windows 的互操作性。 云将提供最佳性能和可扩展性，并发性将提高效率和产出，而强大的安全措施将确保操作系统能够隔离问题并防止崩溃。

2024年8月8日 · Midori was a cloud-based operating system packed with new features and a web browser with a modernized interface and supported backward compatibility with Windows. Microsoft jumped ship and...

2023年3月14日 · Midori OS was an experimental operating system project by Microsoft that aimed to explore innovative alternatives to traditional Windows. Here is what I have found about its features and potential to offer improvements over the existing Windows framework:

Now available for macOS: Midori 11.5.1 extends its availability to Mac devices. MacOS users can now enjoy all the features of Midori on their favorite platform, with an optimized experience for macOS. Security update: This version includes all the …

Midori was the code name for a managed code operating system being developed by Microsoft with joint effort from Microsoft Research. It had been reported to be a possible commercial implementation of the Singularity operating system, a research project started in 2003 to build a...